Tourist token - Souvenirs et Patrimoine - Nice ND (2013) front Tourist token - Souvenirs et Patrimoine - Nice ND (2013) back
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Tourist token - Souvenirs et Patrimoine - Nice ND

2013 year
Gold clad iron 29.96 g 40 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing entity
Souvenirs et Patrimoine
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Year
2013
Composition
Gold clad iron
Weight
29.96 g
Diameter
40 mm
Thickness
3.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled, Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#322952
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Coat of arms of the city of Nice. Different from Souvenirs and Heritage at 10 am.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NICE - FRANCE
NICABA CIVITAS
FRENCH RIVIERA

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Argent, an eagle crowned Gules, in flight below, impaling a mountain of three cups Vert issuant from a sea Azure issuant from the base and wavy Argent.https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=2248

The town faces the Bay of Angels, sheltered from the wind by an amphitheatre of hills, in a narrow mountainous basin backed by the Mercantour massif, bounded to the west by the Var valley and to the east by Mount Boron. Nice's first site was the hill of the Château, which was completely militarized before being destroyed by Louis XIV. Nice grew up at the foot of this hill, confining itself to the area between the Paillon and the sea, which today forms the narrow streets of Vieux-Nice. It was especially after the city became part of France that it expanded beyond the river, which is now partially covered. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice